He said chief executive Tony Scholes would be dealing with the nitty gritty of any such deal - leaving him to concentrate on Watford at home on Wednesday.

"Tony Scholes will deal with that side of it," said Lambert. "We spoke about players and there's players we think can help, but January is a really difficult month to bring the right type of people in."

Badou Ndiaye.

He declined to be drawn on whether he'd seen Ndiaye play, adding: "I've looked at a number of players since I came here. There's a number of lads we have looked at and think can help us. If we can get one or two in, then great.